? don't mind if i do! [ female announcer ] find them in the cracker aisle. good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga. >> and i'm dan harris. good morning. it is saturday, march 19th. this morning, breaking news. are these new pictures proof that moammar gadhafi is defying america? just hours after president obama told gadhafi to back down or face military actions. the rebels say gadhafi continues to attack. in fact, they say they just shot down one of his war planes. state of emergency. frightening news from japan this morning. reports that their milk and food supply is now contaminated with radiation. and this morning, the heroic workers at the crippled nuclear plant in japan, are trying to start the cooling pumps to prevent a meltdown. strange twist. police uncover what they say was a murder plot at this upscale

yoga clothing store, in a posh washington, d.c., suburb. did this woman, murder her co-worker and then bind and gag herself so that she could claim to be a victim? and hacked. who is hacking into celebrities' e-mail accounts? and leaking embarrassing photos and information? more than 50 female stars have been hit so far. and now, the fbi is on the case. good morning, again. we have two, big stories developing this morning. let's take another look at those pictures out of libya. the rebels say they shot down one of moammar gadhafi's war planes while it was attacking them. is this proof that gadhafi is defying america? also this morning, gadhafi says he's just sent a letter to president obama, saying he is prepared to die in this fight. also in japan, there are new fears as radiation shows up in the food supply. but also good news. an unexpected family reunion

captured on camera. a tv crew was taping at a shoe store damaged in the tsunami, when the owner's daughter and her family return home. they hadn't seen each other since the disaster hit eight days ago. but we do begin with that fighting in libya. witnesses say the rebel stronghold of benghazi is under attack. and pro-gadhafi tanks are inside the city. it could spark intervention from the u.s. and its allies within hours. and david kerley is with the president, who is beginning a trip to latin america, in brazil. good morning, david? >> reporter: the president is in brazil now. waiting to see if the unpredictable moammar gadhafi heeds his warning. and gadhafi may have answered in the last several hours. and that letter that you mentioned, calling the u.n. resolution invalid. and his forces continue to strike at the rebels in the east. this morning, a striking image. a libyan fighter plane, shot down by rebel forces battling moammar gadhafi. the libyan leader had reportedly been bombing the rebels inside his country, despite president

obama's stark warning just 12 hours earlier. >> a cease-fire must be implemented immediately. let me be clear. these terms are not negotiable. >> reporter: within hours of that statement, gadhafi's government scrambled, saying it's declared a cease-fire. but this morning, the fighting continues. and there are new questions about if and when the united states and its allies will have to enforce a cease-fire. so, the allies are preparing to establish a no-fly zone over libya, to stop gadhafi from attacking his own people. to do so, the allies must resort to military action and take out libya's air defenses. >> on paper, it's a very difficult threat. what the libyans are capable of is a different story. >> reporter: any effort would probably start with tomahawk cruise missiles, launched from sea, aimed at the more than 30 anti-aircraft batteries. the question is scope. will the allies cover benghazi, where the rebels are strongest?

or a full no-fly zone? which would mean up to 125 fighter jets and hundreds of refueling tankers and electronic jammers. but would those all be american aircraft? sources say the president told members of congress, u.s. forces would be heavily involved in the first few days. but then, would take a supporting role, allowing britain, france and arab nations to lead. >> it will provide the unique capability that we can bring to bear to stop the violence against civilians. >> reporter: the president said u.s. ground forces will not be involved. but this morning, it's unclear, if the allies do launch an attack, how far they will go. >> are we going to begin to drop bombs and ordnance in support of these rebels? that's a big question and a huge step, militarily and politically. >> reporter: we expected to hear the president later today in a news conference with the new president of brazil. but we're now told they won't be taking questions. that could be because of a delicate situation in libya. brazil, one of five countries that abstained from the u.n.

vote earlier in the week. bianna? >> david, thank you. so, what happens next in the high-stakes chess match? christiane amanpour talked to colonel gadhafi's son after the no-fly zone resolution was approved by the u.n. christiane, thank you for coming in. colonel gadhafi has sent a letter, calling the resolution invalid. did it come too late? can anything be done to stop the penetration into benghazi? >> well, i'll tell you what, looking at the nation reports, if his forces are in benghazi, it's quite hard to see what a no-fly zone would do. and whether, in fact, it would, in fact, help in the benghazi situation. apart from that, they are saying there's a meeting in paris today, which could be a trigger that could start the order for any kind of no-fly zone. >> and the president was very adamant about waiting to see an end to the bloodshed there. he also pledged we would not see u.s. troops on the ground. how can the two come forward? >> well, u.s. troops are not going on the ground. however what is clear, this is not a u.s.-led operation. this is being led and championed

by the british and the french. the u.s. is going to play a part in it. and you see the president, really almost bend over backwards to say that the united states is not going to be that heavily involved. >> and we know that gadhafi has resorted to terrorism in the past. lockerbie bombing, one example there. just yesterday, the u.s. counterterrorism adviser, john brennan, warned we could see libyan-based attacks even here in the u.s. how valid is that? >> well, clearly, everyone tries to do contingency planning and worst-case scenario. gadhafi has been warned in the past. the lockerbie attack on the pan am jet. people are worried about it. he has threatened it. the question really is, how is gadhafi going to step down, if he will? the u.s. and the world hasn't really left him a way out because they already referred him to the war crimes tribunal. so, that puts his back against a wall. >> and how much does what we are seeing take place in libya right now complicate the rest of the

region? yemen and bahrain, there's fighting going there. the u.s. is very focused on what happens eventually in saudi arabia. how does this complicate the situation? >> it's an added layer of difficulty. you've seen what happened in yemen, a bloody slaughter in the capital yesterday. in bahrain, apparently there was going to be negotiation. in bahrain, the hard-liners are basically ruing the day. they've wiped away the main protest square. this is a very, very difficult situations, now, in all these places, which are key u.s. allies. libya is not a key u.s. ally. but bahrain, and yemen, and saudi arabia, all those places are. because of the oil. because of the economy. >> we'll have much more on "this week" tomorrow morning. thank you so much for coming in. appreciate it. dan? i want to turn now to japan and the nuclear crisis that many fear is on the cusp of becoming a full-blown nuclear catastrophe. let's remind everybody of what the stakes are. this is fukushima. that's where the damaged reactors are. the government of japan has told people within 19 miles that they either need to get out or stay

indoors. that's 140,000 people. the u.s. government says the danger is actually within 50 miles. that's an additional 2 million people. and 150 miles south of fukushima, there is tokyo. 12 million people live in tokyo. and in a worst-case scenario, there is some radioactive danger potentially to the people of tokyo. so, the stakes are enormous. and this morning, we've learned some unsettling things about the danger that's already manifesting to the food supply in japan. abc's jim sciutto is on that story. jim, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the japanese government has been on alert for signs that the radiation has spread outside of that evacuation zone, affecting those millions of people. the government, instructing all cities around the country to test not just the air, but the water and the food for signs of radiation. and the early indications are not good. japanese state television led broadcasts today with the alarming news. radiation has reached the food

supply, detected in milk and spinach. officials insisted the levels pose danger only over a lifetime of consumption. but at tokyo's fish market, shopkeepers and shoppers expressed real fear. the impact of the radiation scare, says this man, could last a decade. rushing to control a growing crisis, workers swarmed over the crippled fukushima plant. hosing reactor number three, in efforts to continue cooling it. reactors three and four are believed to be the most at-risk of a complete meltdown. workers did manage to restore cooling functioning at reactors five and six. the danger here, spent fuel rods heating up. and they've attached an electrical cable to the plant. but even with power, doubts remain as to whether some of the cooling pumps were too damaged in the quake and tsunami to work. if the reactors continue to overheat, the results could be catastrophic. on friday, brave firefighters departed tokyo for the plant, knowing full well they could be on a suicide mission. some of the plant workers who

were able to escape are now telling their stories. this man was just outside the plant when the quake hit. i thought the building would be stronger, he said. i could never have imagined it would turn out like this. and then, there was this scene, the head of the plant, breaking down in public, under the emotional weight of the crisis. the japanese government, raising its assessment of this crisis to a level five on a scale of a seven. admitting, in effect, that it's worse than they previously acknowledged. and after all this criticism, the government, for not moving fast enough, even japanese government officials, now, are saying they could have, they should have moved faster. and, dan, the hope is, it's not too late. >> jim, that is the hope. thank you very much. we have with us this morning, dr. michio kaku, who has been with us throughout this crisis. physicist from city university of new york and also the author of a new book called "physics of the future." let's look at the satellite images we got in from the reactors in japan.

as jim explained, they're trying to wire these back up. is that going to work? >> well, the good news is that reactor two has now a cable established from the main power grid. the bad news is, that it's a race against time. unless they can establish power and get the pumps going, there could be an evacuation of the whole site because radiation levels are rising. abandon ship. that may be the mantra, unless they can get power to these reactors. but establish unit two, power has -- at least a cable has been established. >> we heard this morning, you were talking about radiation levels. that radiation has gotten into the milk and some of the food in japan. what does that say to you? >> it means that fission products are getting into the environment. and it's snowing. and rain in the future will melt the snow and get it into the food chain. milk will get -- cows will eat the vegetables. the radiation will get into the milk. and the milk will get into children. >> potentially a very dangerous series of events. >> it's what happened at chernobyl. >> let's get back to the plant, if you don't mind.

i want to talk about something you've been talking about for days now, which is the so-called chernobyl option, which is what you think they should do in japan. walk us through what that would mean. i think we have some visuals. >> if everything fails, what they can do is have the japanese air force drop sand and then concrete, and then, eventually entomb the whole thing in a concrete sarcophagus. this is the chernobyl option. this is what gorbachev ordered at chernobyl, back in 1986. using the red air force to stop that reactor accident. >> are the japanese prepared to do this? >> i think, unfortunately, the japanese government is clueless about this. they were caught off guard when they were asked about this option. so, i think what's happening is the workers are overwhelmed and the leadership is clueless. >> very, very quickly. we only have a few seconds left. in a worst-case scenario, we here in the united states, we are not in danger, correct? >> that's right. even in the chernobyl accident, with 25% of the core being lofted into the air, only a tiny fraction of the radiation went into the milk in new york city.

you have a piece of chernobyl in your body right now. so do i. and it's minuscule. >> and we're both just fine. dr. kaku, thank you very much. i appreciate it. bianna, over to you. >> all right, dan. well, amid all of the focus on japan's nuclear crisis, we don't want to lose focus, this morning, on the other ongoing disaster in japan, the one caused by the quake and the tsunami. david wright is in osaka, japan, with more on this story. and, david, as expected, the death toll, along with the number of missing, continues to grow. >> reporter: that's right, bianna. and the frantic effort to contain that reactor has all but eclipsed the relief effort here. and the fear that the radiation could spread has hampered efforts to get aid where it's needed most. for this sunora in tokyo, life is getting back to normal. but it's an unsettling, new normal. >> yesterday, my little one wanted to play outside in the playground. but i didn't let her go out. i'm getting to know how

dangerous the situation is. >> this is the emergency bag. >> reporter: tiara sunora is just a schoolgirl. but she has big worries now. >> i don't really know what's happening. but what i know is it's kind of scary in other places. the north places. but it's really not scary in tokyo. so, i'm not really thinking about it. >> reporter: tokyo's narita airport now looks like a homeless encampment. many of these people have been waiting four days for a ticket out. the images from the event itself were terrifying enough. this is new video of the moment the tsunami crashed ashore, swamping a car, dashing to escape to higher ground. remember that iconic image of the boat crashing into the bridge? now that the waters have subsided, it's just become a part of the landscape. in some of the hardest-hit areas, the new normal is a mother preparing a bath for her baby. boiling the water in a bucket, with the driftwood that used to be houses.

or a bike shop that reopened three days after the quake. business is booming, fixing lots of flats because the roads have so many hazards. this shoe store is giving away the shoes. now, too dirty to sell. while a japanese film crew was documenting the scene, a tearful reunion. this family hasn't seen each other for eight days. the japanese people are so resilience, it's truly remarkable. there's so much to rebuild here. hard to believe this place will ever be normal again. >> david, thank you. david wright reporting from japan this morning. the images of that baby taking a bath are indelible. back here at home, a lot of people worried that the radiation from the nuclear reactors will make it to america, especially the west coast. this morning, some radiation has been detected in california. but only a tiny amount. clayton sandell is in los angeles. clayton, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. as you mentioned, radiation has officially reached california

for the very first time. but health officials here are cautioning people, there is no need to panic. that radioactive plume from japan continues advancing toward the west coast. >> radiation is very scary. you can't see it. and in high doses, it's very, very dangerous. >> reporter: all along the western seaboard, electronic meters are on alert, measuring for spikes of radiation, that for now, remain minuscule. one detector in sacramento, california, indicated a tiny amount of radiation that officials believe originated in japan. how minuscule? it's equal to one-millionth a typical dose from natural sources, like from rocks or the sun. officials are telling people to stay calm. there's nothing to fear. at other stations, so far, no spike in radiation. but people here are still worried. >> it's a global world. we live in one world. and what happens to them, happens to us eventually. so, yeah. i'm preparing. >> reporter: already, there's

been a run on potassium iodide pills. you can't find them anywhere in stores or online. even geiger counters are sold out. and now, the food and drug administration is warning people to beware of online scams, offering fake radiation treatments. and health experts tell us that nobody should be taking the real potassium iodide pills because they could have negative side effects. and, dan, one air quality expert i talked to said that as health threats go, he's more worried about smog pollution in the air than radiation. >> very important context. thank you, clayton sandell. we appreciate it. let's get the rest of the morning's news now with ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. support for gay marriage in this country may have reached a tipping point for the first time ever. our new poll finds that more than half americans say it should be legal for same-sex couples to wed. but opposition remains strong. 44% of americans are still against it. former secretary of state warren christopher has died. christopher served under president clinton and played a key role in brokering a peace agreement in bosnia in 1995.

he also helped promote a ban on testing nuclear weapons. christopher died of complications from cancer in his home in los angeles. he was 85 years old. and the navy has handed out punishments over a series of raunchy videos showing sailors aboard "the uss enterprise." captain owen honors and other high-ranking officers have been censored. that will not put them out of the navy. but it is unlikely they will ever be promoted above their current ranks. finally, facebook to the rescue. a georgia college student used the site to call for help, after armed men broke into his family's home. the intruders tied up his grandmother and sister. but the college student was able to hide from them. and while he did, imagine this. he posted messages on facebook, asking for help. his best friend saw the messages and called the police, in time to catch one of the alleged burglars. isn't that great? >> his parents will never be able to say, stop wasting time on facebook. >> exactly. >> saved your life. >> you saved the family. >> really shows the evolution of social networking.

ron, thank you. we want to turn to weather, now. and turn to paul deanno from our seattle affiliate, komo. good morning to you, paul. >> good morning to you at home. a big storm is in california right now. we have some incredible video to show you of a waterspout just off the coast of san francisco. yes. san francisco. it almost made land. almost was a tornado in the city. and this is damage from an ef-1 tornado in santa rosa, california. northern california, again, rarely do they see tornadoes. it's been about 40 years since they've had a tornado warning in that spot. and they are. the rain and the snow in the mountains will continue. portions of southern california may receive six inches of rainfall by tomorrow afternoon. your forecast around the country. wasn't it gorgeous in the northeast yesterday? record highs. 70s and 80s. a little dose of reality on the final full day of winter today. 63 for washington, d.c. and only 41 for boston. the heatur at 8 a.m. gma is next have a

and that is your forecast. bianna and dan? >> thank you, paul. i think he said today is the last day of winter. >> it is. and i didn't wear a jacket this morning. it's very nice here. >> listening to the forecast. later today. >> i'll need one later on. can't even enjoy a little bit of good news. >> i'm here to ruin your day. >> debbie downer, dan here. meantime, coming up on "good morning america," a strange twist in a murder mystery at a an upscale yoeger store in a wealthy suburb. the woman claims to be a victim of the attack could also be the killer. star hacker. who is breaking into the e-mails

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♪ there is buzz this morning out of hollywood. hollywood hacked is what this seems to be. 50 female celebrities had their cell phones and e-mails hacked. among them, christina aguilera, jessica alba. ja vanessa hedgeson, embarrassing photos. and she's reached out to the fbi. they're now on top of the situation right now, trying to figure out who this hacker or hackers could be. >> it's -- quite a list of -- these are big-name celebrities. >> all female. we're going to delve into that coming up on the show. good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga. >> i'm dan harris. this is saturday, march 19th. also coming up this morning, the economic impact of that epic disaster over in japan. what does it mean for consumers and companies here? expect higher prices on some things because of it. we'll tell you what exactly is

being affected, coming up. plus, one of our favorite parts of the week comes from you. it's "your week in three words." we have that coming up later in the show, as well. we're going to start with the murder at a yoga store that has shocked an upscale suburb of washington, d.c. in a bizarre twist, police now say a woman who claimed she was also a victim in this case, was, in fact, the killer. mike marusarz is here this morning with more on that story. mike, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. at first, police were on the hunt for two masked men. but after finding evidence in the victim's car, the case took an unexpected turn. when 27-year-old brittany norwood was found bound and injured next to her murdered co-worker last week, it looked like she had survived a brutal attack. but now, norwood is facing first-degree murder. >> after finding physical and forensic evidence inside the deceased victim's car, miss norwood became a suspect in the case. >> reporter: jayna murray and norwood, worked at lululemon, a

posh yoga clothing store, tucked in bethesda, an upscale suburb near washington, d.c. the two women closed the shop up. but investigators say norwood called murray and asked her to return. >> brittany called and said she left her wallet in the store. that was the reason for jayna to return to open up the store. the two went back in the store. >> reporter: the next morning, the store manager discovered the two women bloodied, bound and beaten. norwood, wearing lululemon clothing, blamed the attack on two masked men. but police now say her wounds were self-inflicted. detectives also say that witnesses at a nearby apple store report hearing women arguing that night. murray's brutal murder has stunned the normally quiet bethesda community. >> murder in bethesda? on bethesda avenue, on a friday night, is just crazy. >> you don't believe there's human beings out there. this is how they spend their free time. >> reporter: after norwood's arrest, lululemon released a

statement. saying, our first priority remains with the families and team members affected by this horrible tragedy. and supporting them through the next stage of the recent developments. detectives did discover two sets of footprints in the store. one, they've linked to norwood. but police are not sharing a motive or if they believe norwood acted alone. bianna? >> mike, thank you. we want to now turn our attention to the story out of hollywood, which abuzz about a hacker who is targeting dozens of female celebrities. the fbi is investigating how the hacker or hackers got access to cell phones and e-mail accounts, of stars that reportedly include christina aguilera, vanessa hudgens, and miley cyrus. linsey davis is here. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. turns out not all star-gazers are astronomers. the heavenly bodies we're talking about this morning are in cyberspace. not in outer space. and instead of a telescope, they're being spotted, first by a computer.

and ultimately, the naked eye. vanessa hudgens, scarlett johansson, jessica alba. in a flash, the familiar eye candy of the paparazzi, suddenly victims of the perverse. the very private lives, and parts, of at least 50 famous female celebrities have been leaked out on the internet. >> there is a group of hackers out there that are hacking into gmail and other accounts of celebrities, for the thrill of doing it. >> reporter: according to tmz, christina aguilera and miley cyrus were among the women targeted by a hacking ring that broke into their cell phones and other computerized devices and then stole naked pictures and videos. >> the cautionary tale is treat the internet and your phone as if it's public. if it's truly something private, keep it private. >> reporter: this is the third nude photo scandal for hudgens. back in 2007, three racy pictures of the then-underaged actress hit the web. at the time, she said she was

embarrassed. and it would never happen again. but those same pictures have emerged again. and this time, she's suing. this picture, also making the rounds on the internet, is of her outside her lawyer's office, where she met with the fbi for over an hour this week about the nude photos hacked from her gmail account. >> with vanessa, we're told that the motivation seems to be to embarrass her around the time she has a movie release. >> reporter: in 2005, paris hilton found herself in the center of a middle of a firestorm, when the socialite learned her cell phone had been hacked. it turns out, a teenager had hacked the pictures, messages and contact information of several music and hollywood stars. all posted on the internet for all to see. >> the convenience of being able to share information online is fantastic in keeping with contact with friends and family. but the internet is forever. once it's there, it's been duplicated. and the cat is out of the bag, if you will. >> reporter: if the same hackers were involved with the original hudgens scandal, or if any of

the stars were under 18 years old, they could face federal charges of transmission of child porn. in that case, a picture could be worth up to 15 years in prison. in an unrelated case, chris brown, earlier this month, he now has a naked picture out on the internet. ron claiborne -- >> we know who that hacker was. >> so many ways to go with this. all of them bad. so, let's wrap it up. thank you very much, linsey. i appreciate it. >> we'll talk later. >> yeah. >> our dan harris here. ron claiborne is here with the rest of the morning's news, everybody. fully clothed. >> good morning again, dan. yes, i am. bianna, linsey. hi. good morning, everyone. in the news, breaking news. forces loyal to libyan leader moammar gadhafi have reportedly entered the rebel stronghold of benghazi, despite gadhafi's call for a cease-fire. rebels say, meanwhile, they shot down one of his planes over the city earlier this morning. in japan, emergency teams

are scrambling to restore power to its crippled nuclear power plant. spinach and milk from farms near that plant are now showing dangerously high levels of radiation. and president obama is in brazil for a five-day visit to latin america. mr. obama meets with brazil's new president today, looking to promote stronger economic ties between brazil and the u.s. and seven people were rescued from a rollercoaster on friday after it stuck at a fair in miami, leaving the riders dangling 30 feet in the air. that ride, as you can imagine, has been temporarily shut down. that's a quick look at the headlines. now, over to the weather. and paul deanno, from our seattle affiliate, komo. >> good morning. there's a lot going on around in the country. but did you enjoy the 80-degree weather in northern new jersey. 70-degree weather. record highs in boston. look at the changes for today. boston, only 41 for a high. 30 degrees cooler. new york city, a high today of just 52 degrees. washington, 20 degrees cooler. a record yesterday, 63 degrees. in the midwest, we're looking at some big flooding because of the snow melt and the rain you had

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well, as japan struggles to recover from the earthquake and tsunami, economic ripple effects from the disaster are starting to have an impact here in america. given that japan is our fourth-largest trading partner, our biggest imports from japan are cars and electronics. already, companies from toyota to sony have suspended production at many of their plants in japan indefinitely. consumer analyst lori wachs is here to talk about what this could mean for us here at home. good morning to you, lori. thanks for coming in. earlier in the week, i had people asking me if this would be beneficial for u.s. auto companies. when you hear that a gm plant in louisiana have to be suspended because the parts are coming from japan, you do realize that this has broader impacts than just in japan. >> you look at the overall

imports we get from japan, 40% of them are cars and the parts for the cars. and the entire supply chain has really been built between the tight links between the auto manufacturers and the many vendors that supply the parts. you have 20,000 or 30,000 parts that go into a car. so, when you have supply disruptions there, it disrupts the u.s. car manufacturers, as well. >> what could we see as potential fallout from this? could prices go up? will people not be able to get their cars on time? >> there's about a two-month supply of inventory on the lot. so, i don't think we'll be running out of cars anytime soon. they have to be careful about raising prices. although they're big car manufacturers, japan is only about 15% of the overall supply. so, i don't think that car prices will be going up. but there will be shortages of things like priuses and a lot of the hybrid parts that come from japan. >> let's talk about consumer electronics. japan supplies 10% to 15% of the world's electronics. we're talking about cell phones to blackberries. what implications could we see there? >> there are probably going to be shortages pretty soon there. they're about 50% of the semiconductor chips that go into

things like cell phones, smartphones, lcd panel displays. two weeks' supply. and you'll start to see beginning of april, shortage there. that should last into the fall. >> is it true that we could see shortages in the apple ipad? >> we were already seeing shortages of the ipad before this happened. with this, a good number of the components come from these smart chips that are manufactured in japan. so, i think we will continue to see increases in delays of getting that product. >> long-term, we're seeing the global economy and the u.s. economy, specifically, just starting to rebound. how much of an effect could the tsunami and earthquake in japan have on our recovery here at home? >> although they're one of our larger trading partners, they're only about 6% of our imports and about 5% of our exports. the areas that you spoke to, cars and electronics, it's a disproportionate effect there. >> and the psychological implications, as well. lori, we appreciate it. thank you for coming in.

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all right. now, it's that time of the morning when we turn the show over to you. here's a look at "your week in three words." the music this week, is from one of my favorite bands, friends of mine, mates of state. the song is called, "now." check it out. ♪ i've been waiting for a sign i've been waiting for a sign ♪ ♪ tell me where tell me where i belong ♪ ♪ and you've been waiting for the night ♪ ♪ oh, you've been waiting for the night ♪ ♪ take you far take you far away from me ♪ ♪ now, now, now, now, now, now now, now, now, now, now, now ♪ ♪ now, now, now, now, now, now who, who, who, who ♪ ♪ i've been waiting for a sign i've been waiting for a sign ♪ ♪ tell me where tell me where, where i belong ♪

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♪ as i turn and go in shame ♪ ♪ now, now, now, now, now, now now, now, now, now, now, now ♪ ♪ now, now, now, now, now, now now, now, now, now, now ♪ >> mates of state. i like them. >> they're not bad. >> you can tell you made it big-time, dan, when you can bring on a band as background music. >> that's right. your friends feel so powerful. >> dan the man. >> the roadie. >> the roadie. right. if this news thing doesn't work out, i'm going to be a roadie. >> okay. >> too bad i'm so short. >> i'm fine with our height. >> your protected. >> i'm not as short as dan. you can keep -- >> oh. >> oh. >> go ahead. just keep talking. >> you can keep those videos coming. >> this is the last time i'll be talking to you. >> go to abcnews.com/gma and upload your video there. you might just see your three words on the show soon. we are buds. >> we are. we'll be right back.

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tomorrow. >> wow. >> we hope you have a great day. thanks for joining us. we're always online at abcnews.com. and we'll have more on "world news" with david muir tonight. have a great day. and we're all buds. you're going to talk to me later. >> i'll talk to you later. >> have a great day. good morning. we have another big storm headed our way and let's check in with lisa argen. >> much colder air is behind yesterday's system. we have a little bit of rain-snow mix around lake county we are looking some snow up

around cobb mountain. further south, pretty good cells moving into san pablo and hercules. heavy downpours. within these downpours we could see embedded hail. off the coast. more light rain is beginning to move in to san francisco, daly city and it will be about the next 30 minutes or so, lighter returns around hayward, union city. we've had more rain around the santa cruz mountains, but this afternoon in to tonight, very confuse at this winds. a high wind watch in effect in the overnight hours where winds could gust to over 60 miles an hour out of the southwest. this is all ahead of our next storm system that promises to be on an stronger with soaking rains, anywhere inch and a half in the north bay to three inches up to five inches in the santa cruz mountains and nearly three inches in our east bay valleys, two and a half inches in the south bay. maybe two to three inches around the peninsula. so this is tomorrow.

heavy overnight in to sun, rain will go getting going around the window of 10:00 through 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. heaviest rain and gusty winds, showers sunday afternoon and another big system in the middle of next week. next up, a fire is burning right now at an auto shop at tilden park. it damaged a fire truck and escalating crisis in libya, strikes against muammar khadafy are underway right now. 4.

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